/*
 * Copyright 2010 - 2011, The PLDesktop Development Team
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 */

#ifndef PLSCHEDULER_TIMER_H
#define PLSCHEDULER_TIMER_H

#include <machine/pc/processor/timerhandler.h>

/**
 * Timer for scheduling.
 */
class PLSchedulerTimer {
public:
	/**
	 * Register a timer handler that was called in a defined number of times.
	 *
	 * @param handler The handler to set.
	 * @return True if all was successfully.
	 */
	virtual bool registerHandler(PLTimerHandler *handler) = 0;
protected:
	/**
	 * The default constructor.
	 */
	inline PLSchedulerTimer() {}
	/**
	 * The destructor.
	 */
	inline virtual ~PLSchedulerTimer() {}
private:
	PLSchedulerTimer(const PLSchedulerTimer &);
	PLSchedulerTimer &operator = (const PLSchedulerTimer &);
};

#endif
